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MPAVILION 10

Thu 16 Nov 2023 to Thu 28 Mar 2024
MPAVILION OPENS TADAO ANDO-DESIGNED PAVILION, KICKING OFF MILESTONE TENTH YEAR! Since 2014, the Naomi Milgrom Foundation has commissioned extraordinary architects, artists and designers to create unique pieces for each MPavilion – elevating their careers and...
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Super American Eagle - Super American Eagle

Mon 4 Dec 2023 to Sun 10 Dec 2023
This week’s PBS Feature Album is the self titled release by power psych trio Super American Eagle. From a lightning moment of musical connection, Super American Eagle have built a thrilling, fuzz-filtered debut of urgent...
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Yo CITY CONNECT: AFRO-FUTURE 2023

Sat 9 Dec 2023
Introducing: Yo CiTY CONNECT: AFRO FUTURE ! Melbourne, get ready to embark on an exhilarating journey through the heart of African culture, music, food, and dance at the spectacular Abbotsford Convent on Saturday December 9!...
Studio 5 Live

Hantu Studio 5 Live

Mon 11 Dec 2023
Following high praise for her debut release on Nice Music Label in 2022, a stack of live performances with an ever evolving cast of players and a collaborative release with Simon J Karis, Isobel D'Cruz...
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Music in Exile at Collingwood Yards

Sat 16 Dec 2023
This December, not-for-profit label Music in Exile are taking over the Stay Soft Market at Collingwood Yards for a day of music, dancing and family fun. Music in Exile is a registered charity that supports...
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PBS Events

MIDNIGHT DRIVER NEW YEAR'S EVE

Sun 31 Dec 2023
Our premier dance floor groove party is back for this special New Year's Eve edition! Featuring sets from Milo Eastwood, Ella Stoeckli, and Jonny Alexander. Read more here.
PBS Presents

When Pigs Fly NYE

Sun 31 Dec 2023
When Pigs Fly returns to the Collingwood Children’s Farm on New Years Eve for one last boogie before the clock strikes midnight. It’s full steam ahead: 14 incredible artists, 2 stages, 1 day. Plus, more...
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Port Fairy Folk Festival 2024

Fri 8 Mar 2024 to Mon 11 Mar 2024
Port Fairy Folk Festival has revealed its first artist line up for 2024.

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Spring Celebration 2023 - winners announced!

Sun 1 Oct 2023 to Tue 31 Oct 2023
Everyone that joined or renewed their PBS membership during our October Spring Celebration membership drive went in the draw to win one of three great prizes - and the winners have just been announced! 1st...
Studio 5 Live

Watch: Hannah Cameron Studio 5 Live

Thu 28 Sep 2023
Multi-instrumentalist Hannah Cameron is renowned for her ability to knock the wind out of you with her muscular guitar and a voice that could melt tar. There’s an unwavering strength to her poetry, matched by...
Feature Sounds

Hannah Cameron - Holding Pattern

Mon 25 Sep 2023 to Sun 1 Oct 2023
This week's PBS Feature Album is Holding Pattern by multi-instrumentalist Hannah Cameron. Hannah's third album traces a flight path over her recent life, inviting us to listen as she examines her recurring tendency to wait...
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Passing Notes LIVE

Fri 22 Sep 2023
PBS is proud to present Passing Notes LIVE from Music Market at Collingwood Yards, Friday September 22. Tickets for the in person event have sold out, listen in LIVE 8pm - 10pm Friday September 22...
Studio 5 Live

Watch: The Burning Bridges Studio 5 Live

Tue 19 Sep 2023
The Burning Bridges are an acoustic family band that have been performing since 2012, appearing regularly at national festivals and at venues of distinction across Melbourne and statewide. The band’s repertoire harks back to the...
Feature Sounds

Rings Around Saturn - All Things Shining

Mon 18 Sep 2023 to Sun 24 Sep 2023
This week's PBS Feature Album is All Things Shining from Rings Around Saturn .
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Pierre Baroni tribute special on Soul Time

Wed 13 Sep 2023
On Wednesday September 13, Vince Peach broadcasts an exclusive recording from last year’s tribute concert for the late Pierre Baroni on Soul Time. Pierre programmed and presented Soulgroove’66 on PBS from 2003 and had been...
Feature Sounds

Yussef Dayes - Black Classical Music

Mon 11 Sep 2023 to Sun 17 Sep 2023
This week's PBS Feature Album is Black Classical Music , the debut solo album by multi-instrumentalist Yussef Dayes. Widely recognised as one of the most electrifying live performers of his generation, watching the South London-raised...
Feature Sounds

Menagerie - The Shores of Infinity

Mon 4 Sep 2023 to Sun 10 Sep 2023
This week's PBS Feature Album is The Shores of Infinity, the fourth album by 9-piece spiritual jazz group Menagerie. Menagerie is the Melbourne-based Jazz ensemble founded by producer, songwriter, guitarist, DJ and recording artist Lance Ferguson, who...
Studio 5 Live

Watch: Dr Sure’s Unusual Practice Studio 5 Live

Mon 4 Sep 2023
Dr Sure’s Unusual Practice make modern punk music in the primordial sense of the word - no rules. Combining elements of post-punk, new wave, full power rock 'n' roll, avant-garde and surrealism. Their ethos is...
Studio 5 Live

Watch: Immy Owusu Studio 5 Live

Sun 3 Sep 2023
PBS is excited to have Immy Owusu take over Studio 5 for an exclusive live performance, showcasing their unique sound which he describes as “lo-fi highlife”, a synthesis of his Ghanaian roots and his own...
Community News

THUNDERBLOOM at West Space

Sat 2 Sep 2023 to Sat 14 Oct 2023
West Space is delighted to premiere THUNDERBLOOM by Sydney-based artist HOSSEI, September 2 to October 14, 2023. THUNDERBLOOM broadens established ideas of care within migrant families, by exploring the relationship between mother and son through...
PBS News

PBS Strategic Plan 2023 - 2027

Tue 29 Aug 2023
We are pleased to present the PBS FM Strategic Plan 2023 – 2027.
Studio 5 Live

Watch: Maple Glider Studio 5 Live

Mon 28 Aug 2023
Australian pop singer-songwriter Maple Glider (Tori Zietsch) joined Milo on The Breakfast Spread for an exclusive Studio 5 Live session. Praised for her 2021 debut To Enjoy is the Only Thing , we can expect...
Feature Sounds

Mike Nock - Hearing

Mon 28 Aug 2023 to Sun 3 Sep 2023
This week's PBS Feature Album is Hearing by icon of the Australian and international jazz scenes, Mike Nock. In a career spanning more than 65 years, including 25 years in the US, he has worked...
Studio 5 Live

Watch: Izy Studio 5 Live

Sat 26 Aug 2023
Neo soul trio Izy deliver sweet vocal harmonies while holding down guitar, bass and drum grooves that switch seamlessly from Latin tinged party jams to jilted hip hop and everywhere in between. The three have...
PBS News

Welcome to PBS' new Chair, Lauren O'Dwyer

Tue 22 Aug 2023
After nearly 13 years of serving on the board of PBS, almost half of those as chair, Jurgen Schaub has decided to step down from the board. The volunteers, staff and broad PBS community would...
Feature Sounds

Noname - Sundial

Mon 21 Aug 2023 to Sun 27 Aug 2023
This week's PBS Feature Album is Sundial , the highly anticipated new album from LA based rapper Noname. Sundial marks Noname's third full-length release and follows 2018’s acclaimed Room 25 and her 2016 breakout mixtape...
PBS Presents

Now or Never

Thu 17 Aug 2023 to Sat 2 Sep 2023
Melbourne will be transformed with art trails, sculptural illuminations and projections, a 360° pop-up dome cinema and a non-stop weekend of gigs, as the City of Melbourne debuts its spectacular new festival, Now or Never...
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Vale Ron S. Peno

Wed 16 Aug 2023
PBS is saddened by the passing of Ron S. Peno. As a member of Died Pretty, Screaming Tribesmen, Darling Downs and many more - most recently fronting Ron S. Peno and the Superstitions - Ron's...